CHAPTER 279: CHAPTER 144: LOCUSTS_2

The Black Death Demon’s body hesitated for a moment, and in that hesitation, Demigod Shana’s greatsword slashed the demon’s chest from the front, while the Jedi Knight’s Blood Light Slash struck its back.

The blue metal covering its chest and back was immediately shattered, with broken gears and parts falling off.

Despite such heavy hits, the Black Death Demon was still out of control, letting out a roar as the Black Light Whip in both its hands lashed out violently, aiming at Demigod Shana and the Jedi Knight.

Demigod Shana broke the Black Light Whip with a single shot, driving the greatsword directly into the Black Death Demon’s mouth, shattering the blue light flashing inside its head.

The Black Death Demon finally quieted down, the blue metal components on its body quickly peeling off and falling away, and the green light in its eyes shattered as well.

However, the Black Death Demon also lost its vitality, with black smoke billowing out from within, its body decomposing into a pile of scrap metal.

Li Xiu frowned slightly, having lost his Black Death Demon just to kill the mechanical spider, only to find a blue Demon Core.

"That mechanical spider is quite strange, but what’s with all these demon spirits? There are just too many, and they’re too fierce," Shale said, eyeing Demigod Shana and the Jedi Knight hungrily.

Li Xiu didn’t have the time or energy to explain it all to Shale, and controlled the Jedi Knight and Demigod Shana to charge towards another drop pod.

As soon as the hatch was opened, a Blood Light Slash and a greatsword with a sword glow struck at the mechanical egg inside the drop pod.

Crack!

The mechanical egg was cut open by the Blood Light Slash, and the greatsword with sword glow drilled in, shattering the blue light inside.

The moment the blue light inside the mechanical egg extinguished, it decomposed into a pile of gears and parts.

Demigod Shana and the Jedi Knight quickly rushed to the next drop pod, consecutively breaking six mechanical eggs, and when the seventh drop pod’s hatch was opened, a mechanical spider leaped out.

Luckily, Li Xiu was prepared, and the Jedi Knight’s Blood Light Slash cut the mechanical spider down, with Demigod Shana’s greatsword stabbing into it again.

With the cooperation of the two demon spirits, mechanical spiders were slayed one by one.

Only after the last mechanical spider was killed did Li Xiu slow down slightly, heading towards an open drop pod.

The mechanical spider from this drop pod was already dead outside, and Li Xiu peered inside, merely wanting to observe the pod’s internal structure. To his surprise, beneath where the mechanical egg was supposed to be, there was a transparent container housing an egg-shaped object about the size of a fist, covered with blue light patterns.

"This is... a Demon Spirit Egg..." Li Xiu immediately realized what it was.

He reached out to retrieve the transparent container, which was a square crystal box containing only one Demon Spirit Egg, with nothing else inside.

After confirming there was nothing else inside the drop pod, Li Xiu and Shale searched the other drop pods separately and found that each contained a crystal box with a Demon Spirit Egg.

They placed all the retrieved crystal boxes on the ground, totaling seventeen. The Demon Spirit Eggs all seemed to be of the same species, looking identical.

"Are these Demon Spirit Eggs laid by those mechanical spiders?" Shale wondered as he examined the eggs.

"Probably not, those mechanical spiders seem more like they’re protecting these Demon Spirit Eggs," Li Xiu replied, looking at the Demon Core scavenged from the mechanical spiders, adding, "These mechanical spiders are a bit strange, different from the demon spirits I’ve encountered before."

"Different how?" Shale asked.

"I can’t say exactly, just feels a bit off," Li Xiu replied, unable to articulate the differences, just sensing something odd.

"I used to think demon spirits were just beasts with superpowers. I didn’t expect such advanced technology; it’s eye-opening today," Shale remarked, staring at the Demon Spirit Eggs, "What should we do with these Demon Spirit Eggs? Should we destroy them to prevent them from turning into demon spirits and causing harm?"

"Might as well," Li Xiu nodded slightly.

Shale picked up a crystal box to examine it, finding no seams, so he donned the Overlord Gloves and punched the crystal box.

With a clang, Shale’s arm trembled, but the crystal wasn’t damaged at all.

"This thing is so hard!" Shale exclaimed, clutching his trembling arm in surprise.

Li Xiu had the Jedi Knight use Blood Light Slash, striking the crystal, which only left a shallow mark.

After four consecutive slashes, the crystal of the box was finally shattered, and the Demon Spirit Egg rolled out.

The Demon Spirit Egg, surprisingly fragile, shattered like an egg upon touch, with the blue light inside dispersing, and the blue transparent liquid quickly evaporating.

They went on to chop open each crystal box, smashing the Demon Spirit Eggs one by one, leaving the ground in a mess.

Li Xiu held a sense of reverence for Demon Spirit Eggs, as the parasitic demon spirit inside him had yet to be dealt with, unknown whether it was a blessing or a curse.

The last crystal box was cut open, and before Li Xiu could smash the accompanying egg inside, the egg unexpectedly cracked on its own.

This startled Li Xiu, who instinctively reacted by quickly retreating, like a startled rabbit.